Thread: bees wax

To aid flow you need to add more gum turps and adding either boiled linseed oil, or PURE tung oil. Sun bleached linseed or tung oil is even better.

Generally use 1 part wax to 1 part oil to 5 parts gum turps, let stand for two days and stir well to dissolve.

Bees wax is very soft and cannot be buffed to a high sheen. You can blend the carnauba wax (which is not the same as the polish which is dissolved in a solvent, just use less gum turps if you use the polish) with bees wax.

To clean up just use lots of turps and lots of cloths to dissolved and wipe up, you could use like a plastic scrapper if it thick on the timber.

Always test your blends on scrap wood.

To aid drying time you can use dammer resin or similar to speed the dry and to give a harder finish.

Best luck if you need more help post back.

If you want to remove all traces of the wax use "Prepsol" or similar, available from automotive spray paint suppliers.

Mick